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Birddog

Philosophy and practice of seismic data quality supervision

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  • © 1995

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  1. John Scott Roy
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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 1-5

  3. Exploration

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 6-14

  4. The seismic method

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 15-28

  5. The seismic crew

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 29-69

  6. Supervision

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 70-71

  7. Seismic data quality control

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 72-117

  8. Field parameters

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 118-144

  9. Equipment

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 145-147

  10. Equipment tests

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 148-155

  11. Uphole and low velocity layer (LVL) surveys

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 156-172

  12. Deephole velocity surveys

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 173-181

  13. 3-D surveys

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 182-185

  14. Field data processing

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 186-197

  15. Topographical survey

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 198-207

  16. Permitting

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 208-211

  17. Mine clearance

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 212-213

  18. Bulldozing

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 214-218

  19. Drilling

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 219-220

  20. Explosives

    • John Scott Roy
    Pages 221-225
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This book describes the methods and attributes required for the compe­ tent quality control of the data acquisition of a seismic exploration crew operating on land. Although the book is concerned mainly with explo­ ration for oil and gas reservoirs, and all the topics that are discussed in it are centred on that target, the material is applicable to other areas of seismic exploration such as civil engineering and the search for other minerals. The book comprises the distillation of more than thirty years' experience in geophysical exploration in all its aspects and in many parts of the world. Seismic data acquisition quality supervision is one aspect of geophysical exploration which, although of great importance, has had, so far as the writer is aware, no textbook devoted to it. It is hoped that it will be of interest to anyone who is engaged, in whatever capacity, in geophysical exploration and will help them to attain their goal, which is illustrated in Fig. 1. 1. The term birddog is colloquial in the geophysical exploration industry. It is a convenient shorthand title to describe the person whose full title is, and who acts as, the data acquisition quality control supervisor on a field seismic exploration crew. The term is used also to describe the person who is the client's representative on the field crew. In practice the same person performs both functions on behalf of the client.

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